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Is emptying a cup of soda (with ice) onto the road dangerous?

Heated conversation on the way home yesterday. (Weather was cloudy and about 60 degrees)

I had about half a cup of soda (still with ice in it) in a plastic cup in the car. I had already imbibed too much of it, my bladder was full, and I had no intention of drinking any more of it.

So I opened the car window (actually I was stopped at a stop sign when I did this), and poured out the soda, ice and all. I retained the plastic cup in the car – I’m not about to litter. And then I accelerated.

My passenger ripped into me, saying “someone could slide on that ice. What you did was dangerous to the next drive behind you”

My answer was “this was a 1 foot by 1 foot patch of liquid and ice which is going to melt/dry in a matter of 10 minutes” and “even if one wheel slid on the soda and the ice, there are three other wheels that were hugging the road”.